Former CAPP vice-president appointed chief of staff for natural resources minister

A former vice president for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has been chosen as the chief of staff for Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr.

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Janet Annesley came to CAPP in late 2009 after a nine-year career with Shell. She served as vice president for communications at CAPP for five years before a brief stint as CAPP’s vice president for Ottawa and eastern/Atlantic Canada.

More recently, Annesley joined Queen’s University last April as its director of government and institutional relations. According to Annesley’s LinkedIn profile, this is her current position.

News broke Tuesday afternoon that she had been hired for a job in Carr’s office, now more than a month after the federal election. With the proposals for the Energy East and Trans Mountain pipelines still undergoing regulatory review, Carr now has a chief of staff with a solid background in the energy sector.

Prior to her time at CAPP, Annesley spent almost a decade at Shell in roles including senior communications manager for stakeholder engagement and major projects (heavy oil), and manager for oilsands communications.

Annesley is currently studying for a master of business administration at Queen’s and Cornell universities.

She previously attended Mount Royal College, where she studied applied communications and public relations, as well as the University of Montana for English and Japanese.